Developing ophthalmic undergraduate teaching in a rapidly evolving landscape

In the UK, undergraduate medical education is changing dramatically. Due to long-term NHS planning and labour constraints, medical school admissions have increased gradually in recent years. The goal of this expansion is to prepare the medical workforce for the future, but it has presented new difficulties for curriculum development and delivery. The amount of time allotted to each speciality during clinical training has frequently decreased as student numbers rise. Particularly impacted has been ophthalmology, which has historically been a minor part of the college curriculum. Teachers are now expected to provide efficient, interesting, and assessment-relevant ophthalmology instruction in progressively shorter amounts of time.